Troy Innocent has been exploring the ‘language of computers’ and the new aesthetics of digital space since 1989. His artificial worlds – Iconica (SIGGRAPH 98, USA), and Semiomorph (ISEA02, Japan) – explore the dynamic between the iconic ideal and the personal specific, the real and the simulated, and the way in which our identity is shaped by language and communication.  

He has received numerous awards, including Honorary Mention, LIFE 2.0: Artificial Life, Spain (1999); Foreign Title Award, MMCA Multimedia Grand Prix, Japan (1998); First Prize, National Digital Art Awards, Australia (1995); and Honorary Mention, Prix Ars Electronica (1992). lifeSigns: an eco-system of signs & symbols (2004), was commissioned by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image and Film Victoria.  

Innocent is currently Senior Lecturer, Department of Multimedia & Digital Arts, Monash University, Melbourne.  His most recent work is an urban art environment entitled Field of Play within Digital Harbour at the Docklands, Melbourne.  Innocent is represented by Tolarno Galleries, Boutwell Draper Gallery, and Novamedia.

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